An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No Spoilers! If you want spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the point of view of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic?
Today we’re looking at 2006’s Silent Hill, a loose adaptation of the Silent Hill video game series.
Rose Da Silva (played by Radha Mitchell) must traverse the ghost town known as Silent Hill in order to find her lost daughter, Sharon, after they crash on it’s outskirts. She soon realizes the town harbors multiple deadly secrets and races to her daughter before a murderous cult gets to her first.
Overall Review:
If driving in the fog without your lights on is bad and driving on a clear day is good, then this movie is like driving at night with random moments of intense fog but your lights work really well. What does that mean? I’m not sure.
The movie is not bad at all, the world created by the story is great which isn’t surprising as it’s an adaptation from an amazing video game. I’m ignoring what it changes from the game since this is an average movie-goer review and a lot of people probably haven’t played a now 20+ year old game. The acting overall is great especially Radha Mitchell. The story gets a bit convoluted and if you’re not paying attention you might miss an important bit.
The CGI was surprisingly well-done (for most of the monsters) and held up really well for a 2006 movie. The movements of the monsters are definitely creepy but one monster in particular is frightening, terrifying, and shines for the moments it is in the movie.
Overall it’s a great spooky time movie if you’re looking to watch a ‘monster gore’ movie. The only real downsides of the movie is one character who has scenes that feel tacked on but luckily it’s only sub-plot.
Is Silent Hill Scary?
Silent Hill has some pretty scary monster designs and a few jump scares but you never really feel terrified watching the movie. You’re more scare/worried for the main character than feeling scared by the movie. It’s a good spooky time movie and will leave those who fear monsters with some nightmares but the pacing of the story may remove some of that terror along the way and you won’t leave fearing the dark.
Cast IMBD